About half of suspected sepsis cases account for broad-spectrum antibiotic use — but a lot of these cases don’t require the medications at all, according to a study published June 27 in JAMA Network ...

Newborns in Sweden are given antibiotics for suspected sepsis to an unjustified extent. This is according to a study by the University of Gothenburg in over one million newborns. Despite a significant ...

Between 2013 and 2018, rates of antibiotic use and sepsis decreased in 152 hospitals, diminishing fears that sepsis improvement efforts will lead to antibiotic overuse. Hospitals and policymakers ...

(WNDU) - September is Sepsis Awareness Month. According to the CDC at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis and nearly 270,000 die as a result. It’s the leading cause of death in U.S.

Overuse of antibiotics early in life may increase the risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or mortality in very premature infants, a national cohort study from China found. Among 6,510 such ...

September is Sepsis Awareness month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis and nearly 270,000 die as a result. It’s the ...

There are relatively large regional differences in Sweden in the proportion of newborns receiving antibiotics for suspected sepsis, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Ivanhoe Newswire) - September is Sepsis Awareness month. According to the CDC, at least 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis and nearly 270 thousand die as a result. It’s ...

Procalcitonin test demand from the emergency department is growing, necessitating the implementation of strategies to address overuse. Successful interventions must be based on information technology.

Researchers are attempting to find out whether a new method of treating sepsis could reduce the risk of developing superbugs. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition which occurs when the immune system ...

Hospitals and policymakers alike have banded together to improve recognition and treatment of sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection, which by some estimates, accounts for 30-50% of all ...